The Courier Mail last week reported that sacked New South Wales steel workers could soon begin fly-in fly-out (FIFO) work in central Queensland coal mines, as regional airlines jostle for approval to run regular FIFO flights between Wollongong and Emerald Airports.
Pel-Air Aviation (Regional Express - REX) has already commenced ad-hoc SAAB 340A and Metro flights from Wollongong to Emerald via Brisbane.
Skytrans Airlines have also jumped on the bandwagon, with Dash-8-300 VH-QQM noted in the air over Sydney, possibly flying into Wollongong last week.
QantasLink are also reported to be planning 70-seat Dash-8-Q400 flights to Emerald as well.
Lloyd F in Brisbane has also noted that some of the Alliance Airlines Fokker F-100s that fly into Emerald Airport on most Mondays and Thursdays, occassionally operate Brisbane-Emerald-Port Macquarie-Brisbane or in reverse.
UPDATE! Lloyd F reports that over the last week or so the following new FIFO services have been noted departing Brisbane Airport for Emerald and Wollongong Airports on a Monday and Thursday...
Monday:
Pel-Air (Regional Express - REX) Metro BNE-WOL-EMD-BNE
Brindabella BAe J41 BNE-WOL-EMD-BNE
Thursday/Friday:
Skytrans Dash-8-300 BNE-EMD-WOL-BNE as SKP1030
This information is of course subject to alteration, but it looks like this new route is becoming quite busy!!
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